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Providence ARF to Host Virtual Commemoration of the 102nd Anniversary of the...
The Providence Kristapor Gomideh of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation (ARF) will hold a virtual celebration of the establishment of the First Republic of Armenia on Thursday, May 28 at noon. The...
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AYF to Host Virtual Celebration of the 102nd Anniversary of the Independence...
On the occasion of the 102nd anniversary of the independence of the First Republic of Armenia, the Armenian Youth Federation (AYF) of Western United States, Eastern United States and Canada are...
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Aurora Humanitarian Initiative Presents 2020 Young Aurora
We are very pleased to announce that, amidst all the difficulties caused by the current situation, 13 project teams from United World Colleges (UWC) schools and the African Leadership Academy will be...
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Spike in COVID cases in Armenia linked to expanded testing capacity, CDC says
YEREVAN—The sustained rise in new COVID-19 cases being registered in Armenia in recent weeks can be partially attributed to more aggressive testing according to the Armenian Centers for Disease...
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Experts Discuss Strategies for Accessing Large-Scale Funding for Forest...
Deputy Minister of Environment Irina Ghaplanyan (center) was the first speaker on the panel on “Financing Mechanisms for Forest Conservation, Restoration, and Afforestation” at the inaugural “Forest...
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Governor Newsom Denies Sassounian Parole
Hampig Sassounian (ASBAREZ)—Despite a recommendation in December by the Board of Parole in favor of Hampig Sassounian’s suitability, on Tuesday, May 26 California Governor Gavin Newsom rejected that...
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An Incredible Armenian Who Retrieved Armenian Orphans from the Syrian Desert
The Armenian Refugee Camp in Aleppo, Syria 1922-1936 Parnag Shishigyan is a heroic Zeytountsi who retrieved hundreds of Armenian orphans from Arab families in the Syrian desert after the Armenian...
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Childbirth in a pandemic
From the title of this piece, you may be asking yourself, “Why is the guy who rants about trade tariffs and preaches the benefits of flat taxes writing about childbirth now? Isn’t there a whole other...
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‘We Armenians Survived’: COVID-19 Connection Draws Past to Present
ALAMEDA, Calif.—Author Ellen Sarkisian Chesnut’s second non-fiction book—We Armenians Survived! Battle of Marash 1920—consists of eye-witness accounts of civilians caught between the opposing forces of...
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Pandora’s Box for Istanbul Armenians
Esayan School Only a few months after the long delayed election and appointment of Archbishop Sahag Mashalian as the Armenian Patriarch of Constantinople (Istanbul) in December 2019, the Istanbul...
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A Junior Seminar in a Pandemic
Click to view slideshow. As we are writing this, we keep reminding ourselves that today, Monday May 25th, would have been the day that exhausted juniors, seniors and lecturers who attended AYF Junior...
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When you’re the Guest of Honour: Atom Egoyan’s winsome culinary tragicomedy
Watching twenty-something Veronica (Laysla de Oliveira) conduct her high school orchestra, you’d be forgiven if you mistook her for being engaged in sexual intercourse with some ethereal ghost or...
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Dandeegeen Diaries—Chapter 9: Bulghur Pilaf
We are fast approaching summer. Memorial Day has come and gone and that means kebob season is upon us. Though we may be social distancing, we can still have our outdoor family bar-b-ques with grilling...
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Headlining the 1918 First Republic of Armenia
This year the Armenian Weekly is hosting, along with the Armenian Revolutionary Federation (ARF) Eastern Region Central Committee, the first ever virtual celebration of the 102nd anniversary of the...
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Lifting Our Communities: ARS Eastern Region Responds to Pandemic
The Armenian Relief Society Eastern Region (ARS of Eastern USA) has always been at the forefront of relief efforts and humanitarian aid during times of crisis for the Armenian people, both in the...
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An Ode to May 28
Sardarabad (Photo: Sark Derderian/Flickr) Armenia! Armenia outraged! Armenia broken! Armenia martyred! But Armenia liberated! Liberated by itself, liberated by its people with the help of the Armenian...
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Our Institutional Environment: Transparency and Credibility
(Photo: Zdeněk Macháček/Unsplash) We experience our Armenian identity in the diaspora through a variety of mechanisms. For some who are isolated from organized communities, it is through the most...
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First Impressions Part IV
Visiting the Children’s Orphanage in Stepanakert Orphanages and centers for the arts abound in Armenia. Passing down the traditions of the Armenian people and learning them is of utmost importance. As...
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AYF Leader Kenar Charchaflian Named Camp Haiastan Director
Kenar Charchaflian, Camp Haiastan Executive Director FRANKLIN, Mass.—The AYF Camp Haiastan Board of Directors has announced the appointment of Kenar Charchaflian as its new Executive Director. Ms....
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Reclaiming Nationalism, Rejecting Chauvinism, Building Socialism
On May 28th, Independence Day (the OG one, of course, not the September 21 re-independence of 1991), I finished Houri Berberian’s latest book “Roving Revolutionaries” (well worth reading if you can...
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